My grandmother died a few years ago, and she left me with a piece of advice that never rang so true until I married the Coast Guard (they threw in a great guy too!). She said that just about everything can be taken from you except your education. You can loose house, you can loose your car, you can loose someone your love, but you can not loose knowledge you have attained. I stopped like a deer in headlights...partly because I was not completly sure if I was supposed to be the recipient of that comment, and partly because it was coming from her - the same 92 year old granny that had been nick-named "the crotch snatcher" after the new hobby she acquired in her senile years. And yet it makes so much sense to me.

Education, formal or not, allows us to pick up the pieces and adapt to knew environments. It involves a willingness to constantly learn and grow. It is, I find, an important trait for us (Coast Guard and other military like families) to have in order to survive.

What are your thoughts?

This special will only run from 10/1 to 10/20. You are getting 4 shirts for 2!!! The white undershirts are plain white and not sewn in. This makes them easier to wash and they can also be used under other garments. Now thats a great deal!

Long Sleeve T's Just in Time for Winter!

To get yours today follow this link:

http://www.KoastyKids.com

We found this really cute (but way out dated) coloring book highlighting important lessons from the Coast Guard. We posted it on our Facebook wall, and decided later to add it to our blog so that you all can have access to it with out having to search too much.

Flow this link to open the entire book as a webpage:

http://www.uscg.mil/top/downloads/coloring_books/dog/coastie.pdf

WOW! We can hardly believe it. Our second design is out, and people are loving them. We couldn't be more excited. They are flying off the shelves so quickly that we are already going to put in a reorder. This is our favorite design (although the next few designs are just as awesome...we can hardly wait to share).